The Portland daily press., 1887-02-08
THE WHITE RIVER DISASTER.
Work of Searching for the Bodies
Still Going On
The Dead Believed to Number Be-
tween 35 and 40.
Official investigation Begun at White
River junction.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Feb. 7.-Some
5000 people visited the scene of the White
River wreck yesterday. The work of further
searching for bodies of the victims was be-
gun upon the break of day by gang Of Cen
tral Vermont railroad men under the direc-
ton of James NJ Foss. Special police were
sworn in and placed ON guard around the
burned debris to prevent the crowd from
getting too near in their attempt to satisfy
their curiosity. Ropes were run outs5O feet
from the wreckage.
A gang of fully 70 men worked all day
upon the ruins, 40 of whom were sent spec
tally from st. Albans for the work. The
debris was cleared up as fast as possible, the
broken masses of iron being dragged to the
river banks and left there. 1t was rather
slow work, but several thousand people spent
nearly the whole day looking at it and dis
cussing the accident The most of the work
in the afternoon was put in upon the wreck
age of the third car from the rear, sunk in
the big pool of water. They grappled
around until they seized hold Of something
and then gang of men pulled and hauled
until the object was dragged out Nearly all
the bodies recovered came from this place.
Il
still remain at the bottom, and it is thought
that large, number of bodies will vet be
found there. 1t is said by those who escaped
from this car that there were at least 40 per-
sons in it at the time of the disaster. The
water in White river at the place of the ac-
cident is not more than fye or six feet deep,
with but little current, and the ice is, per-
haps, IA inches thick. The falling of the
cars upon it and the heat of the fire melted
the ice sufficiently to let portions of the
olr fal1 f1,n III
above the ice clean, but little of the personal
effects of passengers being left to reveal the
identity Of their owners.
The excitement over the White River acci-
dent to-day is gradually dying out. The
physicians report that all the injured are
greatly improved, even those who were con-
sidered most dangerously hurt. Quite
number will be allowed to go to their homes
tonight
Charles w. Sanford agent for the Moxie
Nerve Food Company Of Washington. ID. o..
who was reported killed was not on the
train and adyices from Montreal state that
the Kennedy family of five supposed
to have been lost. are safe in that city.
A bureau OF information has been estab-
lished today at Hartford under the charge OF
Charles p. Tardell, who will reply to all
communications and furnish all information
in his power.
Isaac Gates, the undertaken at the wreck,
says that 81 bodies have been brought to his
care, seven of which have been identified be-
yond doubt and removed.
The Victims.
The exat number of the killed is not posi-
lively known, butin all probability 1t is be-
tween 35 and 40. The following is the latest
list of those who have been Identified
Nancy Dunbar, Somerville,
and ring.
Conductor S. c. Sturteyant.
+. L. Wesson, springfield, Mass.
S. S. Wescott, Burlington and his son.
NJ. II. Burgess, conductor CT the Pullman car
Boston"
Edward Brocklebank known also as "Banks,
of West Lebanon, N. H., brakeman.
@. Mills, Iroquois, Miss.
d. MaigTet SchanigaD, quebec.
- BOulanger Holy0ke, young girl.
Edw. +. Dillon, Springfeld,sVt.
A. j. Hammer, Boston, porter OF the St. Albans
Unknown porter of the Boston Pullman car Pill
grim.
Edgar Wilder Dayton. Q.
Charles A. Hebard, CamDrdgeport, Mass.
ID. ID. Woodward, waterbury, W.
Mrs. William Denn0, MlnOOSk W.
Charles W. Sanford Of Lowell, Mass.
1t is thought at Laconia, N. H., that Dr. c.
f. Clark. a well known French physician of
that town. was killed in the accident. He
left home Friday, intending to take that
train at Concord for Montreal since which
nothing has been heard from him.
The official Investigation.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, vt. Feb. THE
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